Pixinguinha, the Brazilian Popular Music Quintessence

Authors

  • Luís Antônio Giron

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-901X.v0i42p43-57

Keywords:

Brazilian Popular Music History, Choro, Jazz influence, Improvisation, Spontaneous counterpoint, Rio de Janeiro, Carnival, expansion of brazilian, Music abroad, Villa-Lobos, Donga, Sinhô, oito Batutas.

Abstract

The work of the composer, arranger and composer Pixinguinha is one of the most important to the brazilian popular music progress during this century. The Pixinguinha´s quality of contrapunctual imprivisation and his productivity (2.000 titles) place him on the top of the popular music tradition. Pixinguinha ocupies a single place in the MPB history: a popular instrumentist who reached the status of conductor, arranger and composer, besides the invention of a style of improvisation. It is amazing Pixinguinha didn´st let followers or disciples. He didn´s even create a school. The purpose of the article is to understand his fact by linking life and work, and vice versa.

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Author Biography

  • Luís Antônio Giron
    Mestrando em Musicologia do Departamento de Música da Escola de Comunicações e Artes da Universidade de São Paulo. Jornalista e crítico musical

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Published

1997-01-31

Issue

No. 42 (1997)

Section

Música Brasileira: Centenários em 97

License

 

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How to Cite

Giron, L. A. (1997). Pixinguinha, the Brazilian Popular Music Quintessence. Revista Do Instituto De Estudos Brasileiros, 42, 43-57. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-901X.v0i42p43-57